8 FEBRUARY 1834

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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THE second session of the Reformed Parliament was opened on Tuesday, by the King in person. The Speech which his Ministers judged it expedient to be delivered, forms the grand...

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The funeral of M. DULONG, a member of the Chamber

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of Deputies, who was killed in a duel with General BUGEAUD, is the only French event which we have. to record this week. It was expected that there would have been an emeute on...

M. BURGOS still remains Minister of the Interior under the

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new order of things in Spain. It is said that MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA considers him as by far too able and energetic a man to be spared in the present state of affairs. Count TORENO...

The Turkish Government has taken what the correspondent of the

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Morning Herald terms a decided step towards its salvation— it has put an end to the monopoly of olive-oil ! The monopoly of the opium trade will also, it is expected, he...

A body of Polish refugees, who were associated for the

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wise purpose of establishing an independent government in the Swiss mountains, have created some disturbance in the neighhourhood of Gezeva. They were obliged to disperse; and...

Minded anti Praceeltinge in Parliament. 1. TIIE OPENING—TIIE KING'S SPEECH.

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On Tuesday, the King opened the session of Parliament in person. The House of Lords presented an extremely gay and splendid appearance on this Occasion: the attendance of...

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tr:bc Court.

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I la Alajesties arrived at Sr. James's Palace. from Brighton, about o'cloek iiii .1Ionday. Soon after his an val, the Kiii lit III a Court ; nol,ioit %vas attended by all the...

HONOURS.

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FRAIII THE LONDON GAZETTE. 1 TOE PAVILION, BRIGHTON, 29th January 1;.43-t.-91'he King Was thi: day pleased to 4:0116:r the honour or I:1410 boot 111,011 SAIIIYEL TREVotl DICE...

irbe iiirtropOI61.

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An address signed by ii,a4S elegymen of the Church cf England was presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Thursday, at the Palace, .Lambeth. The Archdeacon of Canterbury,...

The Court of King's I'lench, 1:11 2.1onclay, tried an .action

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to recover penalties a aao a a coal-merehant or taking usurious intereat on a bill of exchai mge. wheli he laud discounted for his brother-in-law ; Ash() was he priticip:ti AV...

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POSTSCRIPT • SATURDAY i . :tifirir. I inisters, we are told, have

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given their friends to miderstand that they intend to make the preseet session of Parliament a very short One. With this view, they are 1n-pared with the necessary Aloney lulls...

It is stated in the City article of the Times

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this morning, that the inflective of the Bank of England with the monied interest a ppcat's to be on the decline, and that during the week several valuable allies have gone over...

Some interest has been excited in Paris by the lectures

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of M. MelteG trumaere, one of the editors of time Journal des Debuts, who has recently returned from a tour in the South of Germaey, on which he was sent by the French...

The Carlist insurgents have established a regular customhouse between St.

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Sebastian and Tolosa, where they exact duties on all the goods traesmitted to the interior. A correspondent of the Times says, that the troops of the Spanish Government cut a...

The Russian Ambassador has nog protested in the name of his Government against British troops being sent to Portugal.

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I fisterbmwes of a serious nature have occurred in the

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manufacturing disti iets of Stirlingshire, Dumbartonshire, and in the neighbourhood of (:1., seam-. The (-adieu-printers appear to have been the most active arming the rioters....

The nom:eation of the candidates for Leeds will take place

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on Thursday text; a il the polliug-days will be Friday and Saturday.

A HOLLAND nousE JOB.

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situ a tion of Keeper of the Chapterhouse at Westminster is a palpable sinecure of a1C0/• per marten, besides heavy fees for the inspera tion and for transcripts of documents....

PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS.

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Tut: first trial night for the ensuing season was onThursday last. Four new Overtures, by ROMBERG, LUCAS, MENDELSSOHN, and BERLIOZ, and a new Sinfonia by POTTER, were rehearsed....

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LETTERS FROM PARIS, BY 0. P. Q. No. III. POLITICAL

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DU ELLING — TH E FATAL CI iNFLurr BETWEEN DULONG AND Ill:GEA CD. " A II premier sang, g rand phut! Et pima veux—tit raire ile se sang. bite femme ? lay veux--to Loire ? "— J....

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TOPI,CS OF THE DAY.

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MODE OF DOING BUSINESS IN "THE HOUSE." IT is marvellous, that after experiencing the difficulty of getting through the business which catne before Parliament last session, no...

CHARGE AGAINST THE IRISH MEMBERS. LORD ALTHORP AND MR. SHEIL.

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THE serious charge against some of the Irish Members, of having opposed by their public votes and speeches a measure which they not only believed in their consciences to lie...

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LEEDS .ELECTION—NECESSITY FOR THE BALLOT.

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THE Conservatives, kind souls! are resolved that the electors of 1 , England shall obtain the Ballot. All the efforts of the Whigs to prevent it will be unavailing. It will be...

REFORM IN THE POST-OFFICE.

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THE Duke of RicmioNu has at length discovery'', that there is no earthly reason why he should render himself unpopular by patronizing the monopoly of the Newspaper trade enjoyed...

TRADE WITH CHINA—THE NEW TAX ON BRITISH SHIPPING.

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hr the Shipowners of England, instead of indulging in melancholy forebodings of the ruin of our Navy, and senseless denunciations of Mr. llusiossoses reciprocity system, were to...

PROGRESS OF THE CORN-LAW AGITATION.

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Tin: Agriculturists have given a remarkable example of the manlier in which the enactments of barbarous periods are silently abrogated by the progress of the public mind. The...

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THE GREAT TALKING NUISANCE.

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THE talking nuisance has set in for its six months. What a pest is the Parliament ! The Minister dreads it; the Speaker sinks under it ; the drowsy Listeners tire of it ; the...

JUNIUS NOT DISCOVERED.

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Tits literary world has just escaped from the imminent danger of having a cherished mystery revealed. We are happy to find that the problem of' the authorship of Junius is as...

METROPOLITAN MUSICAL FESTIVALS.

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AT length we may look forward with confidence to a performance of this kind in London. After the lapse of half a century, Westminster Abbey will again assemble a band within its...

THEATRICAL NOVELTIES.

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Tiu: Parisian ballet spectilde of the Revolt tf die harem was this week produced at Covent Garden, with great splendour of scenery and dresses. As a pantomimic drama, it is...

"A Me Wrung Box," is the misnomer of PEA K

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E'S new helium' at the Olympic. It is a trifle overdone ; but the broad farcical humour, aided by some good acting, eeeited roars of laughter,—the best testimony to the success...

A Mr. MavnEw has appeared this week at the Fitzroy,

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as the hero of a coarse abridgment of Time G'amester. He looks and declaims very much like a preacher. His performance is studiedly artificial. He affects MACREADY'S manner ;...

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SPECTAToltS LIBRARY.

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On Wa g es and Combinations. By It. 'rorrens, Esq., M.P. F.R.S.. Longman mid Co. Edinhurgh Review. No. CN.Vl l. Article " Changes required in the Gorn•Laws." TIJOCIA of the...